Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life
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In this paper, the authors provide evidence that intelligence has pervasive utility in work settings because it is essentially the ability to deal with cognitive complexity, in particular, with complex information processing, and the more complex a work task, the greater the advantages that higher g confers in performing it well.About:
This article is published in Intelligence.The article was published on 1997-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1300 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Everyday life & Cognitive complexity.read more
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Competencies, occupational status, and earnings among European university graduates
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of personal competencies (both cognitive and non-cognitive) on two labour market outcomes among European university graduates: occupational status and earnings.
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Physical performance, demographic, psychological, and physiological predictors of success in the U.S. Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection course.
Emily K. Farina,Lauren A. Thompson,Joseph J. Knapik,Stefan M. Pasiakos,James P. McClung,Harris R. Lieberman +5 more
TL;DR: This study assessed predictors of successful selection in the very challenging and stressful United States Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) course among 800 Soldiers to suggest measures that could be targeted in interventions to monitor and enhance performance and resilience.
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Assessment and evaluation of individual prerequisites for dental education.
TL;DR: Significant relationships were found between number of course examinations failed and poor results on interviews, as well as low scores on intelligence, spatial ability, and a test of spatial-manual ability.
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Objective evidence of rising population ability: a detailed examination of longitudinal chess data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of the age effect on the performance of chess players and concluded that the best interpretation is that the natural talent pool has greatly improved in recent years, consistent with rising population ability.
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